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Re:The Logic Puzzle You Can Only Solve with Your Brightest F... by 4ndr3vv on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @04:56AM (#17548299)
"Get it wrong, and neither of you ever leave. "
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Re:The Logic Puzzle You Can Only Solve with Your Brightest F... by AstralStorm on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:47AM (#17550481)
Therefore you say I see more than (y - 2) statues while he says morethan (x + 2) until you both repeat the same value.

You know you cannot lie so a simple iteration on inequalities is enough to find the right value.

This relies on your friend figuring out the linear addition scheme.

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Re:The Logic Puzzle You Can Only Solve with Your Brightest F... by falsedan on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @04:59AM (#17548310)
Oh thanks, I missed this crucial caveat.
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